Grade 5

SKU: CL.CTS-8074-01

Arranged by Armstrong. Concert Band. Extra score. Composed 2023. Claude T. Smith Publications #CTS-8074-01. Published by Claude T. Smith Publications (CL.CTS-8074-01).

Bring the exciting twang of the Ozark region’s most famous songs to your performance hall with this exhilarating setting of the popular fiddle tune, Arkansas Traveler. Your band will love playing the zany variations of a simple tune most of them played when first learning their instrument!

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 6

SKU: BT.AMP-418-140

Composed by Philip Sparke. Elite Series. Score Only. Composed 2015. 51 pages. Anglo Music Press #AMP 418-140. Published by Anglo Music Press (BT.AMP-418-140).

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

The Unknown Journey was commissioned by Kwansei Gakuin University Symphony Band which was established in 1954 and has grown to become one of the top college bands in Japan. The composer chose the title as the piece seemed to create its ownmomentum as it developed, starting slowly and continuously increasing the tempo. Towards the end it gradually transmogrifies into the closing bars of Ravel’s La Valse, a piece which perfectly characterises the idea of unstoppable momentum.

The Unknown Journey is geschreven in opdracht van de Kwansei Gakuin University Symphony Band, die werd opgericht in 1954 en daarna is uitgegroeid tot een van de beste universiteitsorkesten van Japan. De componist heeft de titel gekozen omdathet werk zijn eigen drijfkracht leek te creëren terwijl het zich ontwikkelde vanuit een langzaam begin en steeds in een wat hoger tempo. Tegen het slot wordt de muziek geleidelijk getransformeerd tot de laatste maten van Ravels La Valse, eencompositie die het concept van een onstuitbare drijfkracht perfect karakteriseert.

The Unknown Journey wurde von der 1954 gegründeten Kwansei Gakuin University Symphony Band, die zu den besten Universitäts-Blasorchestern Japans zählt, in Auftrag gegeben. Der Komponist wählte diesen Titel, da das Stück seinen eigenen Schwungzu entwickeln scheint, indem es langsam beginnt und das Tempo sich kontinuierlich steigert. Zum Ende hin verwandelt es sich allmählich in die Schlusstakte von Ravels La Valse, ein Stück, das die Idee des unaufhaltsamen Schwungs perfektbeschreibt.

The Unknown Journey fut commandé par le Kwansei Gakuin University Symphony Band, un orchestre d’harmonie établi en 1954 qui est désormais l’un des meilleurs orchestres universitaires du Japon. Le compositeur choisit ce titre puisque, pendantle développement du morceau, il semblait créer son propre élan, commençant lentement et accélérant continuellement. Vers la fin il devient progressivement semblable aux dernières mesures de La Valse de Ravel, un morceau qui caractériseparfaitement l’idée d’élan irrépressible.

Concert Band/Harmonie (Score) - Grade 5

SKU: HL.44011272

Composed by Maurice Ravel. Arranged by Philip Sparke. Anglo Music Concert Band. Classical. Score Only. Composed 2011. Anglo Music Press #AMP321. Published by Anglo Music Press (HL.44011272).

UPC: 884088890827. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Bolero was originally written as a ballet for a famous ballerina and achieved great success on the stage. Nowadays the ballet itself is only rarely performed and even though Ravel thought the orchestra would seldom play it, it has become one of the best-loved pieces for the concert stage. This arrangement by Philip Sparke keeps very close to the original score in this melodically and rhythmically unique work.

Ravel schreef Bolero oorspronkelijk als ballet voor een beroemde danseres. Als zodanig was het ook bijzonder succesvol. Tegenwoordig wordt het als ballet nog zelden opgevoerd. Hoewel Ravel dacht dat het als orkestwerk nietin de smaak zou vallen, is het toch een van de geliefdste titels voor op het concertpodium geworden. De bewerking van Philip Sparke blijft dicht bij de originele partituur van dit melodisch en ritmisch bijzondere werk.

Bolero wurde ursprunglich als Ballett fur eine beruhmte Tanzerin geschrieben und feierte sensationelle Erfolge auf der Tanzbuhne. Heute wird das Ballett nur noch selten aufgefuhrt und obwohl Ravel dachte, dass Orchester das Werk nur selten spielen wurden, ist es zu einem der beliebtesten Titel fur die Konzertbuhne geworden.Philip Sparkes Bearbeitung halt sich nah an der Original-Partitur dieses melodisch und rhythmisch einzigartigen Werkes.

Le dernier ballet de Ravel, Bolero, fut ecrit et cree en 1928. Aujourd'hui, le ballet est rarement represente, et, bien que Ravel ait craint que les orchestres refusent d'interpreter son oeuvre, celle-ci est devenue l'une des plus populaires dans les salles de concert. Le Bolero est peut-etre unique en son genre, dans le sens ou l'orchestration geniale de Ravel est encore plus importante que les elements melodiques, rythmiques et harmoniques de l'oeuvre ; c'est pourquoi Philip Sparke n'a pas vu l'utilite d'en produire une version simplifiee ou reduite mais a essaye de respecter au mieux la partition de Ravel. Laissez-vous seduire !

Il Bolero composto da Maurice Ravel nel 1929 e per eccellenza la musica per balletto divenuta celebre anche come pezzo concertistico. E' sicuramente il bolero piu noto mai composto, nonche l'opera piu popolare di Ravel, commissionatagli da Ida Rubinstein, una ballerina russa. Philip Sparke ha rispettato la geniale orchestrazione di Ravel creando uno straordinario arrangiamento per banda.

Concert Band - Grade 3

SKU: AP.41969S

Composed by Maurice Ravel. Arranged by Rob McWilliams. Concert Band; Masterworks; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Concert Band. Form: Minuet; Transcription. Impressionistic; Masterwork Arrangement. Score. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-41969S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.41969S).

UPC: 038081471372. English.

This delightful little miniature is an arrangement of Ravel's short minuet for piano written in homage to Classical era composer, Joseph Haydn. It was composed in 1909 and published a year later in 1910. Ravel based the raw material for this minuet on the notes whose letter names are the musical equivalents of Haydn's name.

By Maurice Ravel. Arranged by Jerry Brubaker. By Maurice Ravel / arr. Jerry Brubaker. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Belwin Concert Band. Level: Medium Easy (grade III). Conductor Score. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(Percussion Trio Feature). Composed by Gregory Danner. For Soloist(s) with Concert Band (Piccolo, Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Bb Clarinet 1, Bb Clarinet 2, Bb Clarinet 3, Bb Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Eb Alto Saxophone 1, Eb Alto Saxophone 2, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone, Bb Trumpet 1, Bb Trumpet 2, Bb Trumpet 3, F Horn 1/2, F Horn 3/). Band Music. Grade 4. Score and parts. Duration 14:50. Published by C. Alan Publications

Concert Band - Grade 1

SKU: AP.43071

(Pour Une Infante Défunte). Composed by Maurice Ravel. Arranged by Michael Story. Concert Band; Masterworks; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Belwin Beginning Band. Form: Ballade; Transcription; Chorale. Impressionistic; Masterwork Arrangement. Score and Part(s). 128 pages. Duration 2:15. Belwin Music #00-43071. Published by Belwin Music (AP.43071).

UPC: 038081504339. English.

Originally scored for piano, this work premiered in 1911 and one of Maurice Ravel's most popular and timeless works. This setting offers your very young ensemble a wonderful instructional opportunity to perform in an expressive, lyrical style. (2:15).

Band Concert Band

SKU: PR.465000130

For Large Wind Ensemble. Composed by Dan Welcher. Sws. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 2010. Duration 14 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #465-00013. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.465000130).

ISBN 9781598064070. UPC: 680160600144. 9x12 inches.

Following a celebrated series of wind ensemble tone poems about national parks in the American West, Dan Welcher’s Upriver celebrates the Lewis & Clark Expedition from the Missouri River to Oregon’s Columbia Gorge, following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Welcher’s imaginative textures and inventiveness are freshly modern, evoking our American heritage, including references to Shenandoah and other folk songs known to have been sung on the expedition. For advanced players. Duration: 14’.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. He believed woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and mountains of pure salt awaited them. What they found was no less mind-boggling: some 300 species unknown to science, nearly 50 Indian tribes, and the Rockies.Ihave been a student of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which Thomas Jefferson called the “Voyage of Discovery,” for as long as I can remember. This astonishing journey, lasting more than two-and-a-half years, began and ended in St. Louis, Missouri — and took the travelers up more than a few rivers in their quest to find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. In an age without speedy communication, this was akin to space travel out of radio range in our own time: no one knew if, indeed, the party had even survived the voyage for more than a year. Most of them were soldiers. A few were French-Canadian voyageurs — hired trappers and explorers, who were fluent in French (spoken extensively in the region, due to earlier explorers from France) and in some of the Indian languages they might encounter. One of the voyageurs, a man named Pierre Cruzatte, also happened to be a better-than-average fiddle player. In many respects, the travelers were completely on their own for supplies and survival, yet, incredibly, only one of them died during the voyage. Jefferson had outfitted them with food, weapons, medicine, and clothing — and along with other trinkets, a box of 200 jaw harps to be used in trading with the Indians. Their trip was long, perilous to the point of near catastrophe, and arduous. The dream of a Northwest Passage proved ephemeral, but the northwestern quarter of the continent had finally been explored, mapped, and described to an anxious world. When the party returned to St. Louis in 1806, and with the Louisiana Purchase now part of the United States, they were greeted as national heroes.Ihave written a sizeable number of works for wind ensemble that draw their inspiration from the monumental spaces found in the American West. Four of them (Arches, The Yellowstone Fires, Glacier, and Zion) take their names, and in large part their being, from actual national parks in Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. But Upriver, although it found its voice (and its finale) in the magnificent Columbia Gorge in Oregon, is about a much larger region. This piece, like its brother works about the national parks, doesn’t try to tell a story. Instead, it captures the flavor of a certain time, and of a grand adventure. Cast in one continuous movement and lasting close to fourteen minutes, the piece falls into several subsections, each with its own heading: The Dream (in which Jefferson’s vision of a vast expanse of western land is opened); The Promise, a chorale that re-appears several times in the course of the piece and represents the seriousness of the presidential mission; The River; The Voyageurs; The River II ; Death and Disappointment; Return to the Voyage; and The River III .The music includes several quoted melodies, one of which is familiar to everyone as the ultimate “river song,” and which becomes the through-stream of the work. All of the quoted tunes were either sung by the men on the voyage, or played by Cruzatte’s fiddle. From various journals and diaries, we know the men found enjoyment and solace in music, and almost every night encampment had at least a bit of music in it. In addition to Cruzatte, there were two other members of the party who played the fiddle, and others made do with singing, or playing upon sticks, bones, the ever-present jaw harps, and boat horns. From Lewis’ journals, I found all the tunes used in Upriver: Shenandoah (still popular after more than 200 years), V’la bon vent, Soldier’s Joy, Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy (a hymn sung to the tune “Beech Spring”) and Fisher’s Hornpipe. The work follows an emotional journey: not necessarily step-by-step with the Voyage of Discovery heroes, but a kind of grand arch. Beginning in the mists of history and myth, traversing peaks and valleys both real and emotional (and a solemn funeral scene), finding help from native people, and recalling their zeal upon finding the one great river that will, in fact, take them to the Pacific. When the men finally roar through the Columbia Gorge in their boats (a feat that even the Indians had not attempted), the magnificent river combines its theme with the chorale of Jefferson’s Promise. The Dream is fulfilled: not quite the one Jefferson had imagined (there is no navigable water passage from the Missouri to the Pacific), but the dream of a continental destiny.

Concert Band - Grade 3

SKU: AP.38358

Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner. Concert Band; MakeMusic Cloud; Masterworks; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Belwin Concert Band. Form: Medley. 20th Century; Concert Band Classics; Folk; Masterwork Arrangement. Score and Part(s). 226 pages. Belwin Music #00-38358. Published by Belwin Music (AP.38358).

UPC: 038081430911. English.

Vaughan Williams traveled during 1903 to 1906, collecting folk songs first-hand from residents. Four of the fifteen titles he published for voice and piano in the original volume comprise Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties, including The Lost Lady Found, The Lark in the Morning, Bushes and Briars, and Ward, the Pirate. Scored for concert band exactly as they were first published, with much of the accompanying material also being drawn from RVW's harmonizations and stylistic interpretations. Experience these cherished authentic folk songs creatively complied for your concert band. (3:30) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Concert Band/Harmonie (Score) - Grade 5

SKU: HL.44011137

Composed by Hayato Hirose. De Haske Concert Band. Concert Piece. Score Only. Composed 2011. De Haske Publications #1114967140. Published by De Haske Publications (HL.44011137).

UPC: 884088672621. 9.5x13.5x0.425 inches. English-German-French-Dutch-Japanese.

Hayato Hirose composed this dramatic piece based on the great journey of Marco Polo, Italian traveller and one of the first Europeans ever to visit Asia. In the 13th century, he made a long journey from Venice to Mongolia with his father. After his arrival, he was sent to the various regions in Asia by the Mongolian government to take notes about the culture, the people, and the way of life in those areas. Celebrate the life of this great explorer with this dynamic new concert work.

Captain Marco is het eerste werk van Hayato Hirose voor blaasorkest. Hij componeerde het in 1998. Met dit dramatische werk smeedt de Japanse Hirose een muzikale band tussen Europa en Azie, waarbij de grote zeevaarder Marco Polo deverbindende factor is. Marco Polo was niet alleen een van de eerste grote ontdekkingsreizigers ooit, hij hield ook een logboek bij van zijn avonturen. In zijn tijd deed het letterlijk een boekje open over het verre Oosten. Nog steedsspreekt deze roemruchte kapitein tot de verbeelding. In ieder geval tot die van de componist, die er een mooie compositie aan wijdde...

Captain Marco ist Hayato Hiroses erstes Werk für Blasorchester und wurde im Jahr 1998 komponiert. In diesem dramatischen Werk knüpft der Japaner Hirose ein musikalisches Band zwischen Europa und Asien, indem er das Leben des berühmten Handelsreisenden Marco Polo vertont. Kapitan Marco war nicht nur einer der ersten grossen Seefahrer und Entdecker überhaupt, sondern er hinterliess auch seine Erfahrungen in einem Buch, das den Europaern damals das ferne Asien erklarte und offensichtlich auch heute noch sehr inspirierend ist.

Captain Marco est la premiere oeuvre pour orchestre d'harmonie d'Hayato Hirose, ecrite en 1998. Le compositeur nous emmene sur les traces du celebre aventurier et marchand venitien, Marco Polo, qui fut l'un des premiers Europeens a se rendre en Extreme-Orient. Hayato Hirose nous livre une oeuvre expressive, intense et epique.

Captain Marco, composta nel 1998, e la prima opera per banda di Hayato Hirose. Un brano espressivo ed intenso, omaggio a colui che ancora oggi e considerato uno dei piu grandi esploratori di tutti i tempi: Marco Polo.

By Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Arranged by David Marlatt. Concert Band. For Soloist and Concert Band. Concert Band; Masterworks. Impressionistic; Masterwork. Grade 3. Conductor Score and Parts. 132 pages. Duration 2:10

By Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Arranged by Michael Story. By Modest Mussorgsky / arr. Mike Story. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Belwin Beginning Band. Level: Very Easy (grade I). Conductor Score. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 5

SKU: BT.DHP-1114967-010

Composed by Hayato Hirose. Concert and Contest Collection CBHA. Concert Piece. Set (Score and Parts). Composed 2011. De Haske Publications #DHP 1114967-010. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-1114967-010).

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Hayato Hirose composed this dramatic piece based on the great journey of Marco Polo, Italian traveller and one of the first Europeans ever to visit Asia. In the 13th century, he made a long journey from Venice to Mongolia with his father. After his arrival, he was sent to the various regions in Asia by the Mongolian government to take notes about the culture, the people, and the way of life in those areas. Celebrate the life of this great explorer with this dynamic new concert work.

Captain Marco is het eerste werk van Hayato Hirose voor blaasorkest. Hij componeerde het in 1998. Met dit dramatische werk smeedt de Japanse Hirose een muzikale band tussen Europa en Azië, waarbij de grote zeevaarder Marco Polo deverbindende factor is. Marco Polo was niet alleen een van de eerste grote ontdekkingsreizigers ooit, hij hield ook een logboek bij van zijn avonturen. In zijn tijd deed het letterlijk een boekje open over het verre Oosten. Nog steedsspreekt deze roemruchte kapitein tot de verbeelding. In ieder geval tot die van de componist, die er een mooie compositie aan wijdde�

Captain Marco ist Hayato Hiroses erstes Werk fu?r Blasorchester und wurde im Jahr 1998 komponiert. In diesem dramatischen Werk knu?pft der Japaner Hirose ein musikalisches Band zwischen Europa und Asien, indem er das Leben des beru?hmten Handelsreisenden Marco Polo vertont. Kapitän Marcoâ?? war nicht nur einer der ersten groÃ?en Seefahrer und Entdecker u?berhaupt, sondern er hinterlieÃ? auch seine Erfahrungen in einem Buch, das den Europäern damals das ferne Asien erklärte und offensichtlich auch heute noch sehr inspirierend ist.

Captain Marco est la première oeuvre pour orchestre dâ??harmonie dâ??Hayato Hirose, écrite en 1998. Le compositeur nous emmène sur les traces du célèbre aventurier et marchand vénitien, Marco Polo, qui fut lâ??un des premiers Européens se rendre en Extrême-Orient. Hayato Hirose nous livre une oeuvre expressive, intense et épique.

Captain Marco, composta nel 1998, è la prima opera per banda di Hayato Hirose. Un brano espressivo ed intenso, omaggio a colui che ancora oggi è considerato uno dei più grandi esploratori di tutti i tempi: Marco Polo.